Design Engineering Jobs
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Lead UX Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Imc Trading 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Lead UX Designer will collaborate with traders and engineers to design high-reliability, information-dense interfaces for a trading platform. They will lead the evolution of shared design systems and advocate for user-centered design throughout the product lifecycle.
Product Designer
🇰🇿 Almaty, Kazakhstan
Higgsfield Ai 🇰🇿 Almaty, Kazakhstan
Design end-to-end user experiences and intuitive UI/UX for web and mobile AI-powered video creation tools. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to evolve the design system and scale features through rapid prototyping and A/B testing.
Lead Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Venn 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the end-to-end design process from concept to execution while refining the company's design system. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate user insights into elegant visual solutions and measurable product improvements.
Design Systems, Product Designer
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Gusto 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Design and maintain the Workbench design system, focusing on component architecture and token systems during a brand refresh. Develop AI-assisted workflows and tooling to improve how designers and engineers interact with the system.
Design Systems, Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Gusto 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Design and maintain the Workbench design system, focusing on complex components, token architecture, and brand refresh execution. Develop AI tooling and documentation to improve how designers and engineers interact with the system using LLMs.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and designing complex software solutions from first principles. Responsibilities include building a design system, writing specification documents, and consulting with engineers to improve overall product quality.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and building a best-in-class design system from the ground up. You will consult for engineers, write detailed specification documents, and use heuristics to improve the overall user experience.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and building a best-in-class design system from the ground up. You will consult for engineers, write specification documents, and use heuristics to improve the overall user experience.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and building a best-in-class design system from the ground up. You will consult for engineers, write detailed specification documents, and use heuristics to improve information architecture and UI patterns.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and creating high-quality design standards and principles across the product organization. You will consult for engineers, write detailed specification documents, and build a best-in-class design system from the ground up.
AI Product Designer (FORMA)
🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Universe 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Create effective design solutions for user flows focusing on activation and retention, specifically for web funnels and A/B tests. Collaborate with product managers and analysts to implement data-driven improvements and maintain a multi-brand design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and building a best-in-class design system from the ground up. You will consult for engineers, write detailed specification documents, and use heuristics to improve the product's information architecture and UI patterns.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and building a best-in-class design system from the ground up. You will consult for engineers, write detailed specification documents, and use heuristics to improve the overall user experience.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States of America
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and building a best-in-class design system from the ground up. You will consult for engineers, write detailed specification documents, and use heuristics to improve the product's information architecture and UI patterns.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will own product features from conception to execution, acting as a designer, product manager, and consultant to solve complex user problems. You will also contribute to the design system and help equip the broader product team to make informed design decisions.
About Design Engineering careers
Design Engineering is the ultimate role for the builders who live in the code. These professionals bridge the gap between vision and reality by shipping production-ready design systems and interactive components.
Specialized in React, Tailwind, and Framer Motion, design engineers ensure that the intended vibe translates perfectly into the final product.
Companies like Vercel, Linear, and Framer value this hybrid skill set for its ability to bypass traditional handovers and move straight from design concept to live code.
Design engineers bridge design and development, building design systems, component libraries, and interactive prototypes. Roles are particularly hot at AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity where rich interfaces matter, as well as tool companies like Vercel, Framer, Linear, and Supabase. These positions often require skills in React, TypeScript, and web design.
Absolutely. Remote design engineering roles are increasingly common, especially at modern companies like Vercel, Linear, Notion, and AI startups like Midjourney. Many positions offer flexible hybrid arrangements in tech hubs like San Francisco and Seattle.
Companies like Meta, Google, Airbnb, Netflix, Vercel, and AI leaders like OpenAI value candidates who combine design fundamentals with coding proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks (React, Next.js, Svelte). Experience with design tools (Figma, Framer) and animation libraries (Framer Motion, GSAP) is highly valued. View top design engineering portfolios for examples.
Design engineers typically earn more than traditional designers due to technical skills. Entry-level positions start at $85k–$110k, mid-level roles range $120k–$160k, and senior positions command $170k–$230k+ at major tech companies. AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI often pay at the top of market. Check our salary guide for comprehensive data.
Most top-tier companies, including Vercel, Linear, and Stripe, expect fluency in React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. However, the "plus" factor in 2026 is mastery of AI-assisted development tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot. Being able to build and maintain Design Systems that scale across different frameworks is the most valuable skill in this category.
Design Engineering prioritizes the user experience and polish (the "vibe") over purely architectural backend concerns. A Design Engineer is responsible for the kinetic feel of a product, ensuring that Framer Motion transitions and accessibility standards are baked into the component library from day one. Browse Design Engineering roles to see this focus in action.